Community News

Treaty 5 hundred year commemoration ceremonies in Deer Lake First Nation online

Treaty 5
One Hundred Year Commemoration ceremonies and celebrations
in Deer Lake First Nation
June 9, 2010

The entire archived event is available online in the following locations:

The Global Health eLearning Center offering 41 free online technical public health courses

The Global Health eLearning Center - http://www.globalhealthlearning.org

The 41 courses on this site are free and available to all who are interested.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission's first national commemorative event in Winnipeg

From the Victoria Times Colonist

Residential school survivors to share sorrow as reconciliation events begin

By Tobi Cohen, Canwest News Service June 16, 2010

Ten years after he left residential school in a tiny northwestern Ontario town, Garnet Angeconeb returned to the site of his childhood trauma with his wife to reminisce.

Broadband access a ‘basic’ service requiring additional resources for rural development

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

Broadband access a ‘basic’ service, Senate panel says
 
Government urged to use money from sale of wireless licences to finance Internet access in rural and remote areas

By Iain Marlow and Omar El Akkad - June 17, 2010

Issues concerning First Nations Education presentations continue to call for major changes

THE STANDING SENATE COMMITTEE ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLES

The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples is meeting to examine the federal government’s constitutional, treaty, political and legal responsibilities to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, and other matters generally relating to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (topic: issues concerning First Nations Education).

First Nations to continue to receive PST exemptions at point of sale under new HST

From Globe and Mail

Natives to win HST concessions from Ottawa - Harper government to allow exemptions at point of sale over threats to ‘shut down the country’ during G8, G20 summit

June 16, 2010

Native groups protest against the harmonized sales tax at Queen's Park in Toronto. Natives have threatened to protest the G8 and G20 summits if they don't receive a point-of-sale exemption from the coming HST.

Opinion - Another View of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement by Charles Wagamese

Who Are You Calling Endangered Anyway- Another View of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

By Charles Wagamese

There are parties left out. If we showed this to attick, what would happen? A blink?

If we laid it out there on aki …what response would the land show?

There are pivotal parties left out…

First Nations launch Call to Action on First Nations Education to improve outcomes

AFN press release

AFN National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Launches Call to Action on First Nations Education

NIPISSING FIRST NATION, ON, June 9 - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo today launched a broad call to action on First Nations education, highlighting the importance of reconciliation and effective partnerships in ensuring equitable education opportunities for First Nations.